A Promise of Lies (Shadows of the Tenebris Court #3)

by Clare Sager

“Katherine Ferrers.” He said it like my name was a complete sentence—a complete story in its own right. Silvery eyes piercing me, he held my hips. “Marry me.”

“You will. I’ll be there in bed with you, just the other side of the veil. Lie on the left side and place your hand in the middle. I’ll hold it all through the night.”

“I am yours to command.”

“No. You already have one.”

“I’ve been waiting thirty five years to do that.”

“And it means you have a future to worry about. I’m very glad of that, particularly as you seem to enjoy doing things like drinking poison and throwing yourself off balconies.”